New Ideas


It has been a few crazy weeks...so crazy that I don't even want to think about it.

But I will say that despite hard economic and employment stumbling blocks, I've started something new which has lead me to a new outline. Long story short, after working many jobs [mostly in college] I thought to myself, 'Hey, I never really worked at a bank before...I think I'll give it a shot.' With that said, I found a new job that will allow me to grow in a different industry and allow me more creative pitches for my freelance writing gig. And this is on top of my other writng projects. Here is a brief summary of my projects:

  • Project 1 deals with a high school class in a sick and twisted storyline of harassment, rape,. miscarriage, right and wrong. I have no idea where this concept came from, but I can't stop writing it.

  • Project 2 is a a story I'm considering turning into a series about a little girl and her friend being harrassed by older junior high kids. I started working on this idea my fall semester back in college, 2008. I've been so caught up in my studies, obviously, that I haven't really added more to the story like I know I could. Either way, it's still a work in progress.

  • Project 3 is my latest creation and it just has to be a love story right? Yes, I'll buy that; I have an inner romance nerd, so sue me. It's about a confusing relationship between a graduating 23-year-old college student and her 31-year-old professor.

Now Project 4? Right now, I'm leaning towards writing some personal finance articles towards the high school and college crowd. Should I turn that into a reading/workbook guide for tweens, teens, and young adult? I think that will be cool. Of course, I'm sure that there are other books with the same concept and goals I have for this book; to provide youth with basic money savvy skills and help them build a solid economic foundation. My challenge is who to market to and how to make it fun...

Again, just ideas in progress.

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